Power outage history
Perquimans County North Carolina
3.1hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
93rd most of 100 in North Carolina 53% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Perquimans's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2020 was the worst well-recorded year, at 5.5 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Perquimans, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 | Tornadoes | 1,470 | 19% | 17 h | 12 h | 22k |
| Aug 4, 2020 | Hurricane Isaias | 1,927 | 24% | 38 h | 12 h | 19k |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Hurricane Dorian | 1,424 | 18% | 19 h | 8.0 h | 10k |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,178 | 15% | 2.6 d | 2.6 d | 9.2k |
| Jun 27, 2023 | No storm report | 2,265 | 29% | 6.8 h | 1.2 h | 9.1k |
| Dec 22, 2022 | No storm report | 1,074 | 14% | 8.5 h | 8.0 h | 9.1k |
| Oct 9, 2016 | Hurricane Matthew | 776 | 10% | 9.8 h | 2.5 h | 7.0k |
| Aug 10, 2019 | No storm report | 2,125 | 27% | 3.5 h | 2.0 h | 6.7k |
| Oct 9, 2016 | Hurricane Matthew | 178 | 2% | 48 h | – | 6.0k |
| Sep 14, 2024 | No storm report | 405 | 5% | 48 h | 48 h | 5.6k |
| Dec 23, 2022 | No storm report | 2,945 | 37% | 5.0 h | 2.0 h | 5.0k |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Windstorm | 626 | 8% | 22 h | 20 h | 4.8k |
| Jun 25, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 947 | 12% | 17 h | 15 h | 4.3k |
| Dec 22, 2020 | No storm report | 1,870 | 24% | 2.2 h | 30 min | 4.2k |
| Jan 9, 2024 | No storm report | 2,062 | 26% | 4.0 h | 2.8 h | 4.2k |
| May 15, 2025 | No storm report | 748 | 9% | 5.5 h | 5.5 h | 4.1k |
| Jan 7, 2017 | Winter storm | 778 | 10% | 25 h | 1.8 h | 4.1k |
| Apr 1, 2022 | No storm report | 1,993 | 25% | 2.5 h | 1.5 h | 4.0k |
| Jul 18, 2023 | No storm report | 1,146 | 14% | 7.0 h | 30 min | 3.2k |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,463 | 19% | 3.5 h | 48 min | 3.2k |
| Feb 28, 2020 | No storm report | 697 | 9% | 5.0 h | 7.0 h | 3.1k |
| Dec 1, 2019 | No storm report | 347 | 4% | 7.2 h | – | 2.5k |
| Jan 28, 2021 | Winter storm | 1,351 | 17% | 4.0 h | 1.0 h | 2.3k |
| Feb 15, 2015 | No storm report | 239 | 3% | 9.5 h | – | 2.3k |
| Feb 10, 2020 | No storm report | 697 | 9% | 3.8 h | 1.0 h | 2.3k |
| Dec 26, 2022 | No storm report | 711 | 9% | 3.5 h | 3.5 h | 2.0k |
| Sep 12, 2017 | No storm report | 692 | 9% | 2.8 h | 2.8 h | 1.9k |
| Apr 7, 2023 | No storm report | 1,667 | 21% | 1.5 h | 2.8 h | 1.7k |
| Jul 22, 2022 | No storm report | 1,233 | 16% | 1.5 h | 1.0 h | 1.6k |
| Jun 20, 2019 | No storm report | 294 | 4% | 6.8 h | – | 1.5k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Perquimans from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 56%
- Tropical storm 18%
- Tornadoes 13%
- Thunderstorms 8.2%
- Windstorm 2.9%
- Winter storm 1.4%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Perquimans
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole North Carolina territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Investor Owned | 286 | 137 | 1.49 | 12.7 | 109k |
| Albemarle Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 184 | 63 | 0.81 | 15.2 | 13k |
| Roanoke Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 179 | 179 | 1.48 | 20.7 | 12k |
| City of Hertford | NC | – | – | – | – | 9.8k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
- Gates 6.8 h
- Perquimans (this county) 3.1 h
- Chowan 1.7 h
- Pasquotank 0.8 h
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 7,907 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →